Silent Storm Preview at IGN PC

Hands-on impressions of Nival Interactive's WWII-themed mix of strategy and role playing

By IGN Staff

IGN PC posted its own take on a press build of Silent Storm last night, offering up the following wordage regarding the pool of highly skilled cannon fodder at the player's disposal:

As I said, you'll be shaping your squad as well. Both the Allies and Axis have a pool of about 40 different operatives (both male and female) from a variety of countries. Each has a unique set of talents and abilities as well as having distinct personalities. The characters represent six different professions: scout, sniper, soldier, grenadier, medic, and engineer; you'll need all of them to complete some missions. Each character is also rated in a number of skills and special abilities, from the use of the game's 75 authentic weapons to more indirect things like first aid and disguise. Those skills that get used the most will advance the quickest for your characters.

As well as the 24 dynamic missions that comprise its campaign, Silent Storm features a random mission generator, and furthermore, editing software to facilitate the creation of custom maps. - Annihilator